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In reply to the discussion: Girl buys water, spends night in jail [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)17. The police need to remember their place.
They're our employees enforcing our laws we passed for ourselves. We have previously instructed them to presume innocence and act with a courteous and professional demeanor. They are not entitled to their jobs, they serve at our pleasure. If they neglect these points we will dismiss them the same as we instituted them.
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If on the hood, the manual apparently says to fire through the windshield and kill the driver...
xocet
Jun 2013
#31
If it'd been ahigh fructose corn syrup beverage they should have tased her!
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2013
#16
7 plainsclothes officers approach a young woman for possible under age beer purchase
think
Jun 2013
#3
in a not-so- well-lit parking lot--and don't forget the one who jumped on the hood of her car.
niyad
Jun 2013
#19
Easy for a potential employer to Google your name. Most won't bother to ask about it and go on...
L0oniX
Jun 2013
#22
they were probably hoping that waiting all this time would allow people to forget and they could
niyad
Jun 2013
#20
They all need to be fired now. And to be sued, singly and severally. This is bullshit.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#10
unprofessional goon squad charges citizen with 3 felonies... and its all A-OK with the DA!
Agony
Jun 2013
#12
Don't forget. No uniforms or identifiable badges. And all this drama over underaged drinking?
freshwest
Jun 2013
#25
Okay, seven. And the vehicles they used undercover. And the gas. And the wages.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#37
there are many stories about this incident, including wapo and other news sources. according
niyad
Jun 2013
#39
Wow, is there any way to defend this shit? Over beer? These idiots need to lose their job. n-t
Logical
Jun 2013
#36
I don't see how there is any possible way to defend the cop's actions here.
penultimate
Jun 2013
#40